Mantra Heritage

... like captain Cook, we thought the following day we may have a 'chill out'......yeah right!!!  A walk around Cairns following the 'Heritage Trail', seeing all the very old buildings (80 years old) was nice and relaxing true enough.  We went into ...

... then rented a car, drove inland a bit, then to Hervey Bay which is the jump off spot for Fraser Island, It is a world heritage site and a nature reserve. It has great rain forests to walk around in and fabulous beaches. Great birds too. But you ...

... of brochures at the Information Centre again and pointed Glen in the direction of the Greenough (pronounced Grennuff) Heritage Trail.  First stop an average pioneer museum, the highlight being the 400-500 Little Corellas (and one Galah) ...

... water seemed so blue, just like in the postcard photos.  Cape Tribulation is special because it is the point where two world heritage sites are located side by side.  Hence the slogan: "Where the rainforest meets the reef".  I even posed ...

... we hit the Daintree rainforest..as Sarah has always wanted to go to one and this is the only place on earth where two heritage sites meet (the reef and the rainforest).  It rained..which I guess is a good thing, else it would be desert thinking ...

... with Angkor Wat and St. Patricks Day on my mind!" The ancient Kmer kingdom Angkor Wat is Cambodia's heart and soul, a revered heritage and symbol of Cambodian pride that can be seen on everything from the Cambodian flag to its premier beer. The Angkor ...

... . Soil seems to be productive and people, very hard working. It is an important center of Buddhism, Buddhist-art and cultural heritage. The population mainly consists of Buddhists, Muslims and a small Christian community living together in close ...

... its vibrant, coloured buildings; serpentine side streets; outdoor cafes and delicious, yet cheap food. Given our host city’s name and heritage we decided that the first item on our list of things to see and do should be visiting ‘The Great Cat ...

... first day to get a bit of practice in and also visited the botanical gardens in the National Park which have UNESCO World Heritage status. Kinabalu Park is a bit of a strange set up. There is a park headquarters, a transportation office, then the ...

... come back at all. He had wandered to a distant town which was populated by a tribe of people known as Shabaras of non-Aryan heritage. He had stayed in the house of Visvasu, and later, at Visvasu's request, married his daughter, Lalita. After some time ...

... is causing issues of preservation and the government is attempting to relocate the settlers.  Can you imagine living in a World Heritage Site??!! Yesterday was a fabulous mix of tourism and cultural interplay.  My Swiss friend Sarah and I took a ...

... to do so, so it got me wondering whether this was a choice or whether they were locked up as part of preserving the heritage. Interestingly (or not I leave it up to you to decide) every october Hoi-An floods to rather epic proportions, 2m to be exact at ...

... Durbar Square is one of the three major Royal Kingdoms of Nepal. It is in Lalitpur district. Richly known for its cultural heritage, particularly its tradition of arts and crafts, referred as the city of festival and feast, fine ancient art, making of ...

... I'd ever seen. Squat, dense, buildings on neat cobblestone streets filled the little town, as locals with a pronounced Quechua heritage scurried around on bikes and horses. The place was a delighful surprise, with a unique character and refreshingly ...

... correlates to historic, literary and cultural heritage of Brij-bhumi with an objective to impart a sensitivity for conservation, culture and heritage.  Plus, it was the creative milieu for the great learned man, Pandit Satya Narain.  This ...

... and fresh roses in vases. I'm not one for romantic views of Imperial Britain but it was the closest thing to looking at a heritage UK house I'd seen in some time and I felt quite like crying tears of joy. This feeling didn't last too long however as we ...

... by side. Yes there were political and military differences between them, but you could see that they respected each others beliefs and heritage. There was no demolition of an Egyptian Temple to build a Greek or roman one. Just two simple shrines added to ...

... strolled around Old Town and sat on the top step of one of the many temples in Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, taking photos of tourists taking photos and watching burly female souvenir sellers hounding tourists across the open spaces between ...

... kindly say that, "I'm sorry but I seriously don't care for papyrus." One shop owner retorted, "But madam this is our heritage and culture." I quickly assured him that the ancient pharoses were not sitting around car shops airbrushing garish "van art" onto ...

... masterpieces still standing, after hundreds of years of wicked weather pounding away at them, UNESCO deemed 16 of them World Heritage Monuments... a recognition that is quite an honor.  We spent part of our time driving around the island trying to ...